{"id":35584,"date":"2017-09-04T08:43:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T15:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35584"},"modified":"2017-09-04T08:52:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T15:52:21","slug":"daca-the-cruel-hand-of-donald-trump-steals-hope-away-from-americas-dreamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35584","title":{"rendered":"DACA: The ‘Cruel Hand’ of Donald Trump Steals Hope Away From America’s DREAMers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) was implemented by the Obama administration in 2012. Its purpose was to provide undocumented immigrants, who entered the country as minors, protection from deportation. Applicants must have completed school or military service and cannot have a criminal record. The program is a humanitarian solution to the unfair punishment of young people who weren’t responsible for their immigration status. The beneficiaries are known as DREAMers because through DACA they were allowed to pursue the American Dream.<\/p>\n

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For several days Donald Trump has been teasing a final decision on the future of DACA. And on Sunday, the day that Trump declared<\/a><\/strong> a National Day of Prayer, he also dashed the prayers of the DREAMers. White House sources reported<\/a><\/strong> that Trump has decided to end DACA with a six month delay before enforcement. It’s a typically Trumpian demonstration of callous insensitivity and overt bigotry. Criticism of his decision has already begun to emerge. And the reaction<\/a><\/strong> by Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) is especially relevant and moving:<\/p>\n

“It’s a cruel hand that extends the American dream and then steals it away. With a fierce faith in our country’s word, DREAMers walked out of the shadows and bravely embraced the only home they’ve ever known. In contrast, tonight President Trump gave in to his own dark fear of diversity and punished hundreds of thousands of young people for simply trusting the United States.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cruelty barely describes what Trump is proposing. The DREAMers registered for the program and paid $500.00 in fees. They completed school, got jobs, or enlisted in the military. Now they are identifiable and vulnerable. They believed in America and believed that this nation, the only home they ever knew, was honorable and trustworthy. What they didn’t anticipate was the hateful reign of a born liar. A con man who couldn’t care less about the dignity of keeping one’s word or honoring a promise. And now they have to live in fear of being banished to a foreign land where they may not even speak the language.<\/p>\n

That’s what Donald Trump is putting these innocents through. Remember, they broke no laws. They were children under the care of their parents. And their parents only wanted what all parents want: a better life for their kids. It’s the promise chiseled into the base of the Statue of Liberty. It’s the pledge made by a prior administration that the current one has turned into a trap. That’s even after Trump was asked if the Dreamers should be worried, and he replied disingenuously “We love the Dreamers. We love everybody.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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.@POTUS<\/a> on #DACA<\/a>: "Sometime today or over the weekend we'll have a decision." Also says, "We love the dreamers. We love everybody." pic.twitter.com\/YyLmhOj71w<\/a><\/p>\n

— CSPAN (@cspan) September 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n